Any Plans to release APK outside of Play Store for Android?

[gbsyncthing]

I understand that there are play store issues with this app and it is not worth the developers time to deal with the google’s bureaucracy.

However, are there roadblocks to releasing the updated apks in the download section so that we can directly install/sideload?

The last version currently works for me but I am afraid at some point there will be incompatibilities with the OSX version that will break basic functionality that I use on a daily basis.

[imsodin (Simon)]

@gbsyncthing

However, are there roadblocks to releasing the updated apks in the download section so that we can directly install/sideload?

The reasoning from the original annoucement still answers that:

@imsodin

[…] The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires even without doing much, if any, changes.

@gbsyncthing

The last version currently works for me but I am afraid at some point there will be incompatibilities with the OSX version that will break basic functionality that I use on a daily basis.

I do not recommend to keep using that. Transitioning to a maintained alternative is seamless - you find info on that in the announcement thread (among a few other places): Discontinuing syncthing-android

[gbsyncthing]

Thanks for the response. I’ll have to dig into the alternatives and how complicated they are to setup.